The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-12-24
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
From the Odessa Democrat, ]


books; as we cannot conceive OF any
one man with sufficient cheek to father
what follows:
We shall copy the itemized virtues OF
the republican party and comment on
each in their order:
1.-The republican party is of the l'eo-
pie, and for them, created by the peo-
Pile, and controlled by them."
The republican party was born OF
sectionalism and the "higher law" IS
inimical to the people, is inspired by
hate, the love of plunder and is control
ed by the corporations.
at eubdued rebellion and saved the
Union.''
Democratic generals, backed by DEM
ocratic soldiers, conquered the south
and saved the Union.
"It gave freedom to race and
free ballot to all men,"
And is now kicking itself for so do
ing, because the negroes have quit vot-
ing the republican ticket AS they used
to do.
alt was patriotic enough to create q
public debt to carry on war, and hon.
est enough to make provision to pay
that debt"
1t was dishonest enough to sell the
lands of the government for money
worth sixty cents on the dollar, and
force the people to pay in gold, dollar
for dollar, that took from the people
eight hundred millions in gold and
transferred it to the Golfers OF the
bondholders
"It made treason odious and loyalty
the badge of respected citizenship"
1t made treason respectable aud in
| vested with office all traitors who
would vote the republican ticket, as in
the case of Longstreet, Malone, Rid
dleberger and others.
| ssIt raised the nation from bankrupt
cy and secured for our public credit the
faith of the financial world"
The toll and sweat of the masses. he
goodness of God, the early and the lat
ter rains and tho sunshine has thus far
paid, and will finally pay, the national
debt.
at has dignified labor and secured
} it's rightful reward
1t has degraded labor and made q
million of tramps to where there were
none before the republican party hao
an existence.
"It has practically given each citlzer
free home by securing the public do.
D main from the monopoly of capital"
The republican party has practicall!
deprived millions of American citizen
Q OF home by voting the public land
e by the hundred million acres to rail
road corporations, and land syndicates
foreign and domestic, and clinching TO
all time the title thereto by the decis
ions ofa partisan supreme court.
!. "By rigid supervision of corporal
franchise made transportation cheap
safe and rapid for persons and prop
4 erty."
e On the contrary your party has b
t its unlimited conces ions to corpora
o tions made transportation of person
Il and property so dear that Democrat
e president, and democratic lower hous
It of congress-, backed by public senti
s ment, forced a republican senate t
Il give to the people the Interstate com
e merce bill, to protect the people fror
o the rapacity of the corporations.
e "It has made competency condi
S ton for appointment to office, an
}, fidelity to duty the tenure for hole
ing it."
}. Nay, verify. 1t has made fidelity {
t party touchstone by which every o
Is fee seeker is tried, and the more dem
S, ocrats they could disfranchise the higl
: er the seat in synagoge they could al
d tain to. AS witness John Sherman
b Garfield and other "visiting states
men,
v "It has reduced public expenditui
Is to the lowest point consistent with tt
Is general welfare and collected the ia
d from sources best able to pay it."
IT 1t augmented the public expenditure
8, to such an extent that the first whack
:. democratic congress got at the "publ
b, expenditures" they reduced them 800
Lh 900, 900 in one session of congress, an
le YOU have collected the bulk OF the ia
E. from farmers and poor mechanics an
I'd let the bondholders 90 scot free.
"It has made religious liberty moi
it secure to all forms Of faith by enligh
Is ened public opinion and estahlishe
IN ton in them.'
ne established freedom of religious fait
lg three score and ten years before Il
II, republican party was spawned, and Il
i'll states established free schools tor Il
I'd same length of time before your par
ne was ever heard Of,
OF "It has by its fidelity to public trust
IS. by its constitutional amendments,
es its statutory enactments, federal al
lie state, by the life and character of
in long line of statesmen, heroes, orato
he and martyrs, by its sacred traditio
and it's matchless history of gre
ce things accomplished proven itself col
is, petent. and worthy to achieve the gre
nd things yet to be done for the good a
8. glory of the country"
es 1t has by its disregard Of "pub
n, trusts," been driven from power in t
of executive branch Of the governmel
iss and in tie popular branch OF congre
N, and stands a good chance two yes
h. hence to be driven from power in t
senate, and to be deprived Of nation
power for quarter of century
nd come.
d. We ask the reader to look upon bo
nd pictures and decide which is the mo
O. life like, and which statement is four
70 ed on facts and which is founded